Do you commute daily to work by bicycle in Toronto? Do you ride the Don Valley trails with your family on the weekends? Do you love your bicycle and biking the streets of Toronto? And, are you looking for a way to support cycling initiatives in Toronto?
ibikeTO.org is the charitable arm of BikingToronto, founded by Joe Travers. 100% of the proceeds from t-shirt and button sales, as well as a portion of the advertising revenue generated on BikingToronto.com, are donated to cycling-related charities in Toronto through the BikingToronto Fund.
* Bikes without Borders
Bikes Without Borders serves marginalized communities in both the developing and developed worlds where bikes and bike-related solutions can have a significant, positive impact on community development.
* Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation
The Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation (TCAT) was formed in 2006 to give a unified voice to the many groups working for a better cycling and pedestrian environment in Toronto. The TCAT plan for active transportation emerged out of consultation with environmental, health and transportation groups from across Toronto. The result is a practical yet visionary plan for how Toronto City Council can make active transportation a central part of transportation planning.
* TrailBlazers Tandem Cycling Club
The TrailBlazers Tandem Cycling Club provides people who have limited or no vision the opportunity to experience cycling with our sighted volunteers, using tandems.
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Before I gave up my car I can remember thinking to myself, "Without a car, how will I carry things?"
How would I carry a 24 case of water home?
How would I carry all of my groceries home?
How would I carry my latest IKEA purchases home?
I soon discovered the answers...
Don't buy water in bottles, you've got a tap.
Don't buy all of your groceries at once, and stop buying heavy frozen junk.
Don't buy more stuff from IKEA, unless you're with a friend with a car.
Just because a bicycle doesn't come with trunk space it doesn't mean that we, as Torontonians, are left unable to take anything with us when we ride. Here then are some of the ways we carry stuff by bicycle in Toronto.
Sometimes we like to keep an eye on our stuff and use a basket mounted up front:
Sometimes we want to see the potholes ahead of us and mount a basket on the back:
Sometimes we like to carry more stuff, and have baskets both front and rear:
There are times where we like to improvise the type of baskets we use:
And then sometimes we fill our baskets with keytars in Accordion City:
To keep our stuff dry we sometimes use panniers that match our helmets:
Sometimes we rent trailers to carry even more stuff:
Sometimes we carry other people on our bikes:
Sometimes we improvise how we carry people on our bikes:
And then we sometimes like to carry our children on our bicycles:
Or we take the whole family on a four-wheeled bike while visiting Toronto Island:
And then sometimes we have a really big family, but we still travel by bike (click for larger version):
How do you carry your stuff on a bicycle in Toronto? Share your tips in the Biking Toronto Forum.
Photos via the Biking Toronto Flickr Pool and photographers in Toronto on Flickr